Tylers.

Tylers. [No. 72]

Though, at the Lodge, your station be Outside,
That all Intruders may be kept away,
Arm’d with well-temper’d Swords, with which you may
Guard all our Secret Meetings; could you but guide
None but the Good, where all Men should be Pure,— 5
Your Loins girt round with Truth; well skill’d to wield
The Sword o’ the Spirit; bearing Faith for Shield,
Salvation for your Helmet, Breastplate sure
Of Righteousness, with Feet well shod
With Peace; Oh, Tylers! Could you drive away 10
From Masonry, all who may come but they
Who are Prepared by Love for Man and God;
Angels and Men for you would have regard,
And i’ the Grand Lodge Above would be your sure reward.

by Geogre Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887